GIS Concentration

Geographic Information and Data Sciences in Action

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Geographic Information and Data Sciences

Geographic Information Science (GIS), cartography, remote sensing, drones, and computer programming

Geographers have an ongoing concern with the acquisition, manipulation, and representation of spatial data.Ìý The widespread adoption of digital technology coupled with management of very large spatial data sets has led to the development of Geographic Information Science.Ìý Particularly with respect to digital information, the nature of geographical data that vary with scale, time, and spectral characteristics presents unique problems for geographers and environmental scientists.Ìý In our world of massive amounts of information, Geographers use remote sensing methods for collecting and integrating geographical data.Ìý They utilize cartography and geographic information systems to uncover spatial patterns and trends, to reconstruct past environmental conditions and to predict future scenarios. The use of such methods requires expertise not covered in human and physical geography concentrations.Ìý Conceptually, the societal, political and ethical implications of geographic information in policy and decision-making are only beginning to be understood; this forms an important component of study in geographic information science.Ìý The dissemination of geographic knowledge at all levels of education forms another important component of this concentration. Geographic information science is closely tied to the fundamental areas of geography--biophysical, human, and environment/society relations.

Courses in this Concentration

Lower Division

  • : Colorado Geographies: Environment, Society and Change in the Centennial State
  • : Climate Change Geographies: Science, Impacts, and Action
  • : Mapping Our World
  • : Visualizing Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events

Methods

  • : Statistics and Geographic Data
  • : Advanced Quantitative Methods for Spatial Data

Upper Division

  • : Internship (case-by-case)
  • : Geographic Information Science: Spatial Analytics
  • : Advanced Geovisualization and Web Mapping
  • : Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • : Research Seminar
  • : Geographic Information Science: Spatial Modeling
  • : Geographic Information Science: Spatial Programming
  • : Geographic Information Science: Space Time Analytics
  • : Geographic Information Science: Project Management

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